Premio Wolf 1999: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Química

   Raymond U. Lemieux

   Química

   for his fundamental and seminal contributions to the study and synthesis of oligosaccharides and to the elucidation of their role in molecular recognition in biological systems.

2. Matemáticas

   Elias M. Stein

   Matemáticas

   for his contributions to classical and 'Euclidean' Fourier analysis and for his exceptional impact on a new generation of analysts through his eloquent teaching and writing.

3. Matemáticas

   László Lovász

   Matemáticas

   for his outstanding contributions to combinatorics, theoretical computer science and combinatorial optimization.

4. Medicina

   Eric R. Kandel

   Biología

   for the elucidation of the organismic, cellular and molecular mechanisms whereby short term memory is converted to a long term form.

5. Física

   Dan Shechtman

   Física

   for the experimental discovery of quasi-crystals, non periodic solids having long-range order, which inspired the exploration of a new fundamental state of matter.